What is one thing your parents told you that you should have listened too?

@DearAmbellina2113 Yeah, my mother was a toxic person too. Sorry to hear about your anxiety 🥺

@Scribbles Well I agree with that part. You should dress slutty if you want, but if guys don't understand consent, then kick 'em in the youknowwhatsits.

@Scribbles Yeah its crazy how that works out. Great defensive strategy BTW

@Silentpleasure It's not a great defensive strategy really.

Because you lose lots of opportunities and openings by focusing on trying to kick one spot.

But I should just say fight with anything to ANY weak spot if you need to. Be fearless, don't be afraid of hurting someone intent on hurting you. Strike, lash out, kick (however many times you need to)until you can get yourself away. Idk.

@Queendragonfly I streamlined them to broken and future R&D projects lol

@Silentpleasure Creative!

@Queendragonfly Yeah my mom didn't think so. Father learned to keep them so I could mess with the broken stuff and leave the new stuff alone lol.

@SW-User Ninja instincts engaged!

@BohemianBoo ouch, that sucks.

I was a pretty good kid for the most part. My mom had no trouble pulling me and whooping my backend with a spoon whenever I sassed her or was a smartass though. Which thankfully wasn't real often.
I just never pushed further than a light whooping

I don't think it was good parenting of them and would never do it to any kids if I have them, but it was also one of the only parenting tool I think they knew to use if their kid really wasn't listening, well, besides throwing them out of the house. But it didn't traumatize me either.

@BohemianBoo I can understand that. I'm not upset at my parents either.

@GuyWithOpinions I made that mistake as well! Took a weeks for the blisters to heal :(

@Rilynn Ouch, kind of a grim reality of a message there. So did you exceed the garbage man job and reach new heights?

@Silentpleasure Better than before but not that high. Improved my chances at least.

@Silentpleasure
I discovered that truth by when mature.
As they say experience is a comb that life gives you by when you get bald.

@ElRengo I am so stealing that saying :D

@Silentpleasure
It´s hard to believe origin was an old professional boxer in his late years.
There is another more widely known saying that was a "poster" in my youth (that is by when the Dead Sea was still alive): "By when I had all answers they changed the questions"
But don´t lost hope, life haves the habit of challenging it´s own teachings andnot always so badly.
It was in my mature years when I found what love means.
And just before that I was and for good reasons quite skeptical about.

@KimmyGary You are not a mistake!

@SW-User I think we have all broken that rule here :)

@Silentpleasure true

@hunkalove Hahaha, I am sure that was a lesson quickly learned 🤣

@SW-User Oh that is a great one! Thanks for sharing

@Silentpleasure My pleasure :)

@SomeMichGuy I have a feeling this didn't end well 😨

@Silentpleasure It's very hard to type this from the great beyond...I have to keep waiting for new formerly-live people who have their phones and a charge on their battery...

@MURD3RM0NK3Y Not the best advice but I do get it having been burned many times before.

@Morrowind But how else can you live the
American dream without crippling debt 🤣

@SW-User Good one as well!

@Nihiless Or use relaxer.....

@Silentpleasure 😭